Diandra Douglas Sends E-mail Appeal to Celebrity Friends In Support of Son Cameron: “As Parents We Are Fighting Back”

The Douglas family is continuing in their attempts to raise awareness about their inability to visit their 34-year-old son Cameron, who is currently in the midst of a nearly ten year prison sentence in Pennsylvania for both conspiracy to sell crystal meth and for heroin possession (his sentence was initially for five years, but was doubled when he arranged to receive drugs in prison on multiple occasions).

At the Emmys last month, Michael Douglas—in his acceptance speech after nabbing a statue for his work in Behind the Candelabra—used the airtime to issue a “shout out” to son Cameron, telling the star-studded audience he’s “hoping that . . . they’ll allow me to see him soon.” Backstage, he elaborated to reporters as to his changing feelings in regards to his son’s sentence. “My son is in federal prison,” he said. “He’s been a drug addict for a large part of his life. Part of the punishments—if you happen to have a slip, and this is for a prisoner who is non-violent, as about a half-million of our drug-addicted prisoners are—he’s spent almost two years in solitary confinement. Right now I’ve been told that I can’t see him for two years. It’s been over a year now. And I’m questioning the system.”

And today the Post reports that Michael’s ex-wife Diandra is making her own appeal. Diandra wrote a letter, with a link to a change.org petition, which was e-mailed to a slew of her high-profile friends, including Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Yoko Ono, Charlie Rose, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera, Bianca Jagger and Bo Derek.

“We have not seen our son for over a year, and the government is telling us we cannot see our son for TWO YEARS!” she wrote. “Cameron has also been in solitary confinement for TWO YEARS! (For a non violent crime of possession). As parents we are fighting back.”

The letter continues, “Our son Cameron has been sentenced to 9 yrs., the longest sentence ever handed out by the Federal Government for a non violent crime of possession,” before Diandra asks the recipients to “PLEASE help us by forwarding this petition after signature, to anyone you know who would like to help the cause.”

Neither Michael nor the Federal Correctional Institution has commented on the e-mail, the paper says. In April of this year, Cameron lost an appeal to have his sentence reduced, and is not scheduled to be released until early 2018.

Josh DuboffJosh Duboff is a VF.com staff writer, based in New York, who covers entertainment and culture.